Matsuba Ryokan (Japanese inn)
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- Matsuba Ryokan in 1962. Something like bedclothes piled up can be seen behind the upstairs window.
- Matsuba Ryokan at present. The three upstairs windows in front and a round decorative window on their right are as they were. There is a big building next to the inn.
Reference sources
- The Edo Period:
The Picture Map of Ashikita-gun, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, the late Edo Period. - The Meiji Period:
The Japanese National Atlas at the end of Edo Period and in the Meiji Period, Kashiwa Shobo, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, 1983.